Well, I’m sorry to say that it’s basically the reverse. They’ve been attacking and gaslighting people for months now, people who are vulnerable.
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Considering as well how many folks who have been speaking against the racism and bullying and harassment in the field deal with mental illness and are neurodivergent, this is insulting and upsetting.
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These are privileged tenured white folks casting themselves as victims when they can essentially do whatever they want to BIPOC and queer scholars, whether they are independent, tenured, or ECRs.
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And not only does it ignore that BIPOC suffer from mental illness but it frames us as the bullies when in fact we’re the ones losing sleep over this. We’re the ones in precarious situations.
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They aren’t at any risk: no matter if their departments are informed of their actions, nothing happens. Whereas BIPOC and queer folks and ECRs and disabled academics are that much more subject to the whims of people in power.
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Plus, hiding behind mental illness as a way to excuse racism or bullying is actually very ableist and horrible
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Hands up if you have anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, autism, etc and it doesn’t compel you to bully others and post blackface images.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @dorothyk98
Ah i guess this is my answer to the “why was mental health even mentioned in that tweet” question
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This is actually significantly more disgusting than any of the options people suggested at the time when I asked, good show
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I feel that "mentally ill" in this co text is abused/confused with "being an ignorant bully and refusing all accountability for it". Similarly, every human alive has racist thoughts. The difference is if they acknowledge it, reflect on it and chose *not to act* racist in the end
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Um yes that’s basically what I said.
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Gotta love when someone necros an old thread just to explain it to you
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